Bancroft, West Virginia - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	482
Male Share of the Population	50.8%
Female Share of the Population	49.2%
Senior Citizens	21.2%
Employed Population 16+	219
Age of the Population	43

Families

% of people married	53.8%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	4.6%
Median Earnings25+	$41,667
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$42,552

Wealth

Median Family Income	$78,750
% Above Poverty Level	89%
% Below Poverty Level	11%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	24 minutes
% Working from Home	%
% Walking and Biking to Work	1.4%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	25.1%
Median Gross Rent	$739
Median House Value	$81,900

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	15.6%
German	8.3%
Irish	5.8%
English	3.3%
French Except Basque	1.9%
Scottish	1.2%
Welsh	0.6%
Hungarian	0.4%
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Bancroft Almanac

Category	Value
County	Putnam County
P.O. Box Zip Codes	25011
Phone Area Codes	304
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	38.51
Approximate Longitude	-81.84

Bancroft Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	CHARLESTON YEAGER AP
Distance	16.4 miles
Jan Temp	24 to 43 F
Apr Temp	42 to 67 F
Jul Temp	63 to 85 F
Oct Temp	43 to 67 F
Annual Precip	44 inches

Station	HAMLIN
Distance	21.7 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 44 F
Apr Temp	38 to 69 F
Jul Temp	62 to 90 F
Oct Temp	39 to 71 F
Annual Precip	44.4 inches

Station	HOGSETT R C BYRD DAM
Distance	22.1 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 41 F
Apr Temp	39 to 67 F
Jul Temp	63 to 87 F
Oct Temp	42 to 69 F
Annual Precip	40.9 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Eleanor	1,521	$69,355
Jefferson	820	$18,716
Nitro	6,201	$57,966
Poca	1,045	$67,917
St. Albans	10,442	$59,792
Winfield	2,636	$90,250

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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